A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 555 The cleaning of the Beijing camp is shocking

Daqian's army is roughly divided into several types. The first type is the standing army, the border army and the forbidden army, which are also the largest army.

Regardless of whether it is the border army or the imperial army, the military pay is the same. In addition to the military salary, the border army and the imperial army also receive policies such as exemption from labor service and half tax. Every year, he was given two shi, a liter of salt, a bolt of linen, four strings of money, and three strips of bacon. When guarding the border, the rations would be increased by 30%.

This kind of treatment is already very good for ordinary people. It can be said that if one person serves as a soldier, the whole family can eat with little effort.

In addition, my family still has land for farming. I don't spend money on gambling and can eat meat twice a month. I live a good life.

The total number of border troops and imperial troops was approximately 300,000.

In addition to the border troops and the imperial army, the ones with the best treatment were the Yulin Guards and the peasant soldiers. The Habayashi Guards are basically all children of the royal family, and all their food and salary are allocated by the royal family. Their number is about 30,000.

Peasants and soldiers were those who had made military exploits in the frontier army and the imperial army, but their merits were not enough to be awarded a title, so they were divided into peasant soldiers. The number of peasant soldiers was also large. Over the years, they had accumulated close to 50,000, and they were scattered all over the country.

It’s just that in the past twenty years or so, peasants and soldiers have rarely been enfeoffed.

On the one hand, it is because there are few wars, and on the other hand, it is because of the lack of land. Peasants and soldiers do not need to pay taxes or perform labor service. They only need to exercise their muscles and bones to practice martial arts, and then prepare their horses and weapons. There will be a period of time every year when they are called to fight.

No matter in terms of social status or worth, they are no worse than some small tycoons, not to mention that they can own weapons and armor uprightly.

The worst-paid people are the county soldiers, who are found in every state and county, and the number ranges from 500 to 2,000. These soldiers are only responsible for guarding the territory and have no military pay. They are given one stone of grain, one piece of cloth, one liter of salt, and one piece of bacon every year.

As for the noble family guards, they have to support them themselves. The highest number is 240 for the princes and princes, but no one can recruit all the family guards.

The food and salary for the imperial army and the border army were distributed by the imperial court, and were handed over by Da Sinong to the soldiers and horse envoys in various places. The soldiers and horses envoys then distributed them to the chief officers of each ministry, and the chief officers of each ministry distributed them to the soldiers.

Of course, transportation and distribution also need to be handled several times. It is still unclear what exactly went wrong.

When Wang Zhuo encountered this situation in the army, he immediately took control of the Beijing Camp Forbidden Army. Then began to investigate the issue of military pay.

The Habayashi Guards sealed the entire military camp, then disarmed all the soldiers, including the generals, and then conducted verification.

The number of forbidden troops in the Beijing camp is 50,000, and the annual military salary is about 300,000 guan. Plus food, cloth, and salt, it can be said to be a huge wealth.

Wang Shu brought ten family members and a hundred embroiderers to investigate the problems in the capital camp.

It was only then that Wang Shu discovered how big the problem was with the army. Because someone secretly informed that there were a large number of vacancies in the military camp, but when Wang Shu sent people to check the number of soldiers, there were almost no vacancies in the military camp. Some of the few hundred vacancies were due to returning home to visit relatives, and some were due to illness and absence from the camp.

Calculated in this way, even if there is a shortage, it is very small. This made Wang Shu's face darken.

"Your Highness, isn't it great that there is no vacancy? Why are you still?"

Wang Shu said calmly: "We are sure that there is a vacancy in the camp. Now we have checked and found that there is no vacancy in the camp. What does that mean?"

"Are they ready in advance? No, someone snitched!" The face of the personal attendant changed slightly.

"Not only that, they can also recruit soldiers in a short time. These people are not simple!" Wang Shu said lightly.

Wang Shu is not worried, what is fake is fake, and flaws will eventually be revealed.

The number of troops can be easily replenished if the people outside the city bring in some coolies, but will they know how to fight in battle?

Wang Shu directly ordered people to beat drums to gather troops, and then practiced military formations. After hearing Wang Shu's request, the governor of the capital camp ordered people to gather troops to practice military formations. Sure enough, the army was practicing military formations, and they immediately discovered that the military formations were not functioning smoothly, the orders were inconsistent, and some soldiers could not understand the flags at all.

Seeing this situation, there was no need for Wang Shu to investigate, as the people below quickly screened out those people.

"Haha, there is a 50,000 yuan operation, but there is a vacancy of 13,000, how can Governor Nie teach me?" Wang Shu gave the Governor of Jingying a cold look.

Nie Zhi had cold sweat breaking out on his head and could only kneel down in the tunnel and said: "I will be punished by death!"

"Death penalty? You also know the death penalty. Does the royal family owe you anything?" Wang Shu asked angrily.

"Never!"

"Has the royal family ever reduced your official salary?"

"Never!"

"Has the royal family ever deprived you of your family property?"

"Never!"

"Then tell me, my king, why is this?" Wang Shu sneered.

"I am guilty of death and excessive greed. There is no turning back!" Nie Zhi said dejectedly.

"Whether you die or not is not up to the king alone. Let's wait for His Majesty's judgment!"

After opening the gap in Nie Zhi, the remaining matters in the Beijing camp were no longer a problem, and soon the court found the total number of gaps. The shortage in the Beijing camp is close to 20%, and in addition to the shortage, there are also big problems with the food and salary distributed by the imperial court.

The royal court issued silver coins, but in the hands of the soldiers, they turned into copper coins. Although the copper coins matched three times, you must know that one silver coin can be exchanged for more than one silver coin, but one thousand and one hundred.

The imperial court spends 300,000 guan of silver coins every year, which means at least 30,000 guan of copper coins. Moreover, there is a shortfall of 20%, which is another 60,000 guan of silver coins. This works out to at least 100,000 guan of copper coins per year.

With one hundred thousand copper coins, it's no wonder that the commander of the Beijing camp, Nie Zhi, couldn't help but seduce him. Of course, this is only part of it, and the value of other things is no less than this.

There are 10,000 cavalry in the Beijing camp. The cavalry's horses are at high wear and tear, plus the cavalry's bean cake feed, this is another large sum of money.

They had done this more than once when Lieutenant General Jing Ying reported his war horses as old and frail and then resold them.

Except for the fact that these soldiers were given corn as food, many soldiers received wheat and millet (sorghum). The price of corn is much higher than that of wheat and millet. If you exchange 100,000 shi of grain for wheat and millet, you can earn two yuan. times the money.

In this era, although wheat production was high, it was not popular because it required mills to grind it into flour, which only wealthy families could enjoy. Not only does it cost 30% to grind into flour, but there is also a fee for grinding the flour, which ordinary people cannot afford.

Xiaomin can only steam and cook it, and the taste can be imagined.

The remaining 50,000 pieces of cloth were given by the court but were thick linen. But in the hands of the soldiers, although it was still cloth, the thin linen could transmit light. Such low-quality linen is not used for making clothes at all.

Just from these, Jingying can earn at least 200,000 yuan a year. Wang Shu does not believe that if Nie Zhi can eat it by himself, there must be someone else who is his accomplice.

(End of this chapter)